(Reuters) - Gold prices held steady on Friday, after hitting a six-month trough in the previous session, as the U.S. dollar pulled back from a 11-month peak on profit-booking.

Spot gold was little changed at $1,267.38 an ounce, as of 0304 GMT. In the prior session, the bullion touched $1,260.84, its lowest since Dec. 19, 2017.

However, the yellow metal was headed for a 0.9 percent decline for the week.

A weaker greenback makes dollar-denominated gold cheaper for holders of other currencies.

U.S. gold futures for August delivery were 0.1 percent lower at $1,269.10 per ounce.

Gold has rebounded a little bit from the lower side due to the weakness in the dollar, said Ronald Leung, chief dealer at

Lee Cheong Gold Dealers in Hong Kong.

The dollar fell from an 11-month peak against a basket of major currencies as investors took profits, while sterling rebounded from a seven-month low after a slightly hawkish tilt from the Bank of England surprised the market.

The trade war is affecting gold for the time-being. Unless the dollar weakens, do not expect gold to move too high, Leung

added.

Asian shares were under pressure on Friday on signs that U.S. trade battles with China and many other countries are

starting to chip away at corporate profits, with oil prices choppy ahead of major producers' meeting to discuss raising the

output.

An increasingly shrill exchange of words between the United States and China that is threatening to trigger a global trade

war has claimed another victim - Germany's auto sector.

Spot gold still targets $1,258 per ounce, as suggested by its wave pattern and a projection analysis, said Reuters